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  • Kurds Reject Islamic Iraq

    Iraqi Kurds yesterday rejected suggestions the country should be proclaimed an Islamic state in the new constitution and said there would be no compromise on the incorporation of Kirkuk into their autonomous northern region. Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan, assured Kurdish MPs that he would also insist on federalism and.. More

  • Iraq Sunnis Reject Federal Proposal

    Sunni members of the committee drafting Iraq's new constitution have rejected Kurdish demands for a federal state, saying it cannot be implemented under foreign military occupation and an unstable security situation. The proposal came a day before Sunni, Shia and Kurdish political leaders were scheduled to meet to try to thrash out differences on such.. More

  • Iran Rejects EU Nuclear Incentives

    Iran has said the European Union's proposals for incentives in return for a suspension of nuclear fuel work were unacceptable, andformer Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been sworn in as president of Iran. "The Europeans' submitted proposals regarding the nuclear case are not acceptable for Iran," the official IRNA news agency on Saturday quoted.. More

  • Hiroshima Remembers Atomic Bomb

    The Japanese city of Hiroshima has marked the anniversary of the moment an atomic bomb exploded above the city 60 years ago. Around 140,000 people were killed by the bomb and its aftermath. Nuclear survivors, known as Hibakusha, joined dignitaries at the annual commemoration in the Peace Park, built at the epicentre of the blast. The head of the.. More

  • Race Against Time To Save Russian Sub Crew

    U.S. and British rescue teams have arrived in Russia's Far East to try to save the crew of a submarine stranded at the bottom of the Pacific. Time is running out for the seven sailors, who have limited air supplies left. The rescue operation has become international, with British and American teams having flown in to the Kamchatka Peninsula with experts.. More

  • Violence Returns to the Streets of Belfast

    At least 40 police officers have been injured trying to calm riots in the Northern Irish capital, Belfast. Trouble erupted as officers arrested six people in connection with a feud among Protestant paramilitaries in which three men have been murdered. Last week London cautiously welcomed a move by Republican guerrillas to end an armed struggle for.. More

  • Pro-Israel Lobbyists Charged for Spying

    Two former officials of the pro-Israel lobbying group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), have been charged with conspiring with a Pentagon analyst to obtain and disclose classified national defence information. US prosecutors said the indictment charges Steven Rosen, 63, the former foreign policy director for Aipac, with conspiracy.. More

  • Hatred against Muslims Soar in UK

    Attacks motivated by religious hatred have multiplied six-fold in London sincethe 7 July attacks, according to police statistics "You filthy Muslim dogs. You will be torched this Friday. Many Muslim pigs will burn," the hand-scrawled note reads. At a recently vandalised mosque in the east of Britain's capital, a shocked 65-year-old Siddique Ali handles.. More

  • UK Sold Nuclear Material to Israel

    Britain secretly sold Israel a key ingredient for its nuclear programme in the 1950s, according to official documents uncovered by the BBC. The Newsnight programme said government papers held at the National Archive showed Britain shipped 20 tonnes of heavy water to Israel in 1959. The water was vital for the production of plutonium at Israel's top.. More

  • Portuguese Firefighters Struggle to Contain Forest Fires

    Several major forest fires have been burning out of control in Portugal. With temperatures due to hit 45 Celsius, there is no respite in sight. About a thousand firefighters have been battling at least ten blazes across the country, which is suffering its worst drought for 60 years. Overnight, strong winds drove the flames across roads and through.. More

  • Al-Zawahri Warns Britain, US of more Attacks

    Al-Qaida's second in command Ayman al-Zawahri haswarned Britain in a video aired on Thursday that Prime Minister Tony Blair's policies will bring more destruction to London. He also warned the United States that al-Qaida would continue to launch deadly attacks until US troops quit all Muslim countries. "Blair's policies brought you destruction in.. More

  • Israeli Gunman Kills Three on Bus

    An Israeli gunman has shot deadthreepeople and wounded 12 aboard a bus in an Arab town in the northern Al-Jalil (Galilee) region before being lynched to death, police said. Israeli media said on Thursday that the man was a settler from the West Bank who had left his unit after refusing to take part in Israel's planned withdrawal from the occupied Gaza.. More

  • New Mauritanian President Named after Coup

    The militarycouncil that overthrew Mauritania's president on Wednesday has named the longtime chief of national police force as the country's new leader. A statement by the coup leaders published by the state news agency said Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall was "president" of the military council which toppled President Maaoya Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya. The.. More

  • Massive Police Presence in London

    A massive police operation is under way in London - two weeks since the failed 21 July bombings and four since the 7 July attacks in which 56 people died. More than 6,000 officers, many armed, are patrolling stations and key sites, as the Piccadilly Line has reopened. A high-visibility presence is aimed at reassuring people while undercover officers.. More

  • Two Killed in Istanbul Explosion

    Two people have been killed and at least five wounded in an explosion in the Turkish city of Istanbul. The cause of the explosion is not known but one report said it occurred in a rubbish bin. Turkey has been hit by several bombings in recent weeks. On Tuesday two bombs exploded in rubbish bins in the southern resort town of Anatalia, wounding.. More